BNET Industries
Market Cap:$108.4M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$88.0M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Harvard Bioscience is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of specialized products, primarily apparatus and scientific instruments used to advance life science research at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities and government laboratories worldwide. It started in the basement... Harvard(1) Bioscience was founded in 1901. Frustrated by the poor quality of equipment then available, Dr. William T. Porter began manufacturing his own high quality physiology teaching equipment in the basement of the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Porter went on to found the American Journal of Physiology and became one of the leading physiologists of his day. His equipment gained an enviable reputation for quality and reliability and began to be known simply as the Harvard Apparatus. The name stuck. In the early 1980's the company started using the name Harvard Bioscience and in 2000 we officially changed the name of the company to Harvard Bioscience, Inc. In 1996 the current management team took over the company and expanded the product offering and improved growth and profitability. We completed our initial public offering in December 2000. Both we and physiology have come a long way in 100 years. Today we are a leading worldwide supplier of scientific instruments used to improve life science research. Our products are used across a broad spectrum of both well established and cutting edge applications and are used by the world ...
President and Director
David GreenNumber of Employees 300
Contact Information
84 October Hill Rd
Holliston, Massachusetts 01746-1371
(508) 893-8999
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing: 325412
Recent Events
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Harvard Bioscience acquires assets and liabilities of Denville Scientific
News & Analysis
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Harvard Bioscience Inc., Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instruction Our first question comes from the line of [Jay Jacobs]. Please proceed. Jay Jacobs - Analyst Yes, hi. Question with respect to increasing the visibility of the company going forward. Clearly you are meeting your benchmarks and your stated expectations. To what degree is the...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Green | President and Director |
| Bryce Chicoyne | Chief Financial Officer |
| Susan Luscinski | Chief Operating Officer |
| Thomas McNaughton | CFO & Principal Accounting Officer |
| Peter Rubenzer | Managing Director |
| Ron Sostek | Manager, Marketing |
| Neal J. Harte | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| George Uveges | Chairman |
| John F. Kennedy | Chairman |
| Earl R. Lewis | Board of Directors |
| Robert Dishman | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard Apparatus, Ltd. | President | Current |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | President and Director | Current |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard Apparatus, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Unilever Plc | Brand Manager | Former |
| The Monitor | Strategy Consultant | Former |
| Monitor Group | consultant | Former |
| Massachusetts, Inc. | Strategy Consultant | Former |
| Harvard Business School | M.B.A. degree with distinction | Former |
| University of Oxford | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard Apparatus, Ltd. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Sonus Networks Inc. | Manager of Financial Reporting | Former |
| Financial Reporting, Inc | Manager | Former |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Financial Reporting, Inc | Director | Former |
| Babson College | M.B.A. | Former |
| University of Southern New Hampshire | B.S. In Accounting | Former |
Susan Luscinski has served as our Chief Operating Officer since August 2004. Ms. Luscinski served as our Chief Financial Officer from August 2001 until August 2004 and Vice President of Finance and Administration from May 1999 until August 2001. Ms. Luscinski served as our Corporate Controller from May 1988 until May 1999 and has served in various other positions at our company and its predecessor since January 1985.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | CFO & Principal Accounting Officer | Current |
| Tivoli Audio, LLC | Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Manager, Marketing | Current |
Mr. Uveges joined the Company's Board of Directors in 2004. He is the Founder and Principal of the Tallwood Group. Prior positions include Past President/Chief Executive Officer of TranXenoGen, Chief Operating Officer of BioSource International, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of NEN Life Science and Chief Financial Officer/Vice President of Gelman Life Sciences. Mr. Uveges is also a member of the Board of Directors of Harvard Biosciences, Inc. Mr. Uveges serves as Chairman of MFIC's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tranxenogen, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Tranxenogen, Inc. | President | Former |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Tranxenogen, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard Apparatus, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| National Association of Corporate Directors | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Board of Directors | Current |
| Operation A.B.L.E | Board of Directors | Current |
| Microfluidics International Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Member | Current |
| National Association of Corporate Directors | Member | Current |
| Biosource International, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Tranxenogen, Inc. | founder | Former |
| Boston Technology Corporation | previously Director of Investor Relations | Former |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Baldwin-Wallace College | M.B.A. | Former |
| Cleveland State University | B.B.A. | Former |
| Baldwin-Wallace College | B.B.A. | Former |
John F. Kennedy has served as a Director of the Company since October 2000 and currently serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Since June 2006, Mr. Kennedy has served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Nova Ventures Corporation, the management company providing executive management services to the operating companies of Nova Holdings LLC, Nova Analytics Corporation and Nova Technologies Corporation. From July 2002 to June 2006, Mr. Kennedy served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of Nova Analytics Corporation, a worldwide supplier and integrator of analytical instruments. From August 1999 to April 2002, Mr. Kennedy served as the Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of RSA Security Inc., an e-business security company. Prior to joining RSA Security, Mr. Kennedy was Chief Financial Officer of Decalog, NV, a developer of enterprise investment management software, from 1998 to 1999. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Kennedy served as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Natural MicroSystems Corporation, a telecommunications company. Mr. Kennedy holds an M.S.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nova Ventures LLC | President | Current |
| Nova Ventures LLC | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Harvard Apparatus, Ltd. | Current | |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Nova Analytics Corporation | President | Former |
| Nova Analytics Corporation | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Naturalmicrosystems.Com | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Naturalmicrosystems.Com | Vice President of Finance | Former |
| Naturalmicrosystems.Com | Treasurer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FLIR Systems, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| FLIR Systems, Inc. | President | Current |
| Indigo Systems Incorporated | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Flir Systems, Inc. | Current |
| Dean College | Trustee | Current |
| The Flir | Current | |
| FLIR Systems, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Dean College | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| NxStage Medical, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| New Hampton School | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard Apparatus, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Spectrx, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Seahorse Bioscience Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Clarkson University | Board of Directors | Current |
| Onix-Systems, LLC | Is A Developer | Former |
| Onix-Systems, LLC | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard Apparatus, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Winchester Savings Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Director | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Member | Current |
| Vitale Caturano & Company | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Vitale Caturano & Company | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Bentley College | M.S. In Taxation | Former |
| Boston College | B.S. Degree In Accounting | Former |
Bob Dishman is a scientist with a long history as a successful biotech operating executive and entrepreneur. In the course of his 30+ years of experience, Bob has become recognized as a leading expert in running biotech companies engaged in drug discovery based on bioseparation, purification, and combinatorial chemistry. Bob is perhaps best known as COO of Sepracor, Inc., managing its work in the "pure isomer" form of major pharmaceuticals, and as the founder and CEO of Arqule, Inc., one of the early combinatorial chemistry companies, both of which went public and achieved multimillion dollar valuations. In addition, Bob was the President and Founder of the Milligen Division of Millipore, focused on DNA and peptide synthesizers and sequencers for analysis and synthesis of biological molecules, and CEO of Biotage, Inc., a company he helped re-direct and take public as Dyax Corp. More recently, Bob has been CEO, Chairman or Board member of four other biotech companies both public and private. Dr. Dishman holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, a MS in Chemistry, both from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a BS from the University of New Hampshire, Durham.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sepracor Inc. | Coo | Current |
| Echelon Ventures, LLC | Advisor | Current |
| Xcellerex, Inc. | Non-Executive Chairman | Current |
| Harvard Bioscience, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard Apparatus, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Serenex, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| ArQule, Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Biotage Incorporated | CEO | Former |
| Dyax Corp. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| ArQule, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| Dyax Corp. | consultant | Former |
| Dyax Corp. | Director | Former |
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